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PLINY THE ELDER
THE NATURAL HISTORY

VOLUME 2

The Natural History, Volume 2, by Pliny the Elder

Translated by Henry Thomas Riley

Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published
circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to
have survived from the Roman empire and purports to cover the entire
C field of ancient knowledge. The second volume includes books six to ten. ST
Bk. 6: countries, nations, seas, towns, havens, mountains, rivers, c
distances, and peoples, who now exist or formerly existed; Bk. 7: man, his 3_
birth, his organization, and the invention of the arts; Bk. 8: terrestrial
O animals; Bk. 9: fishes; Bk. 10: birds. (Summary from Wikipedia) 5J"

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